Untitled

This untitled print sits within Kate Milford's contemporary mokuhanga practice. The medium, as practiced today by IMC-associated artists, retains the core technical apparatus of Edo-period [nishiki-e](/glossary/nishiki-e) production — multiple cherry or shina blocks carved with hangi-tō and small chisels, [kento](/glossary/kento) registration, water-based pigments mixed with nori, and hand-burnishing with a bamboo-sheath [baren](/glossary/baren) — while typically setting aside the figurative subject matter of [ukiyo-e](/glossary/ukiyo-e). Many North American mokuhanga artists work in editions smaller than the commercial Edo print runs, often between ten and fifty impressions, and exhibit at venues that include the Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory residency, IMPACT printmaking conferences, and university galleries. Without a title or published image record, this work is best contextualized through Milford's documented inclusion in the 2024 IMC Americas exhibition in Echizen, which placed her output alongside other practitioners advancing the medium outside Japan.